Jasper Alger [merged]

[Diocletian]

I expect the club to issue full refunds to all members who turned up at Marvel.

[Tiger Khosh]

lol explain the logic and apologise?

I don’t like debutants being subs either but there is no way in hell they will explain why they did it and apologise and nor should they.

That is a wild wild take.

It’s a crappy way to treat a debutant and it had appeared like we may have learnt our lesson from last year so this looks to be an anomaly in how we have been treating debutants this year.
Explain it - ie, why do it in a game we were expected to get thrashed in. Apologise to the kid, not us. It’s a shocking way to treat someone in what should be a life long memory. Ask any afl player and it’s a crystal clear memory to them. We have effectively trashed that moment for him and his family so yes it does warrant an apology if they can’t justify trashing that moment

 

It may not be a big deal to some, but it is to me and a lot of other fans it seems.

My bad, I thought he meant offer an explanation and apology to the fans lol

Just want to reiterate that I don’t like it, but I’m sure if you asked Alger whether he wanted to play another week in the VFL or debut as the sub in the AFL, he would pick the latter.

[Hard Roar Tiger]

All good but that shouldn’t be his choice in game 1 - particularly one as meaningless as yesterdays

[Andyy]

lol explain the logic and apologise?

I don’t like debutants being subs either but there is no way in hell they will explain why they did it and apologise and nor should they.

That is a wild wild take.

It’s a crappy way to treat a debutant and it had appeared like we may have learnt our lesson from last year so this looks to be an anomaly in how we have been treating debutants this year.
Explain it - ie, why do it in a game we were expected to get thrashed in. Apologise to the kid, not us. It’s a shocking way to treat someone in what should be a life long memory. Ask any afl player and it’s a crystal clear memory to them. We have effectively trashed that moment for him and his family so yes it does warrant an apology if they can’t justify trashing that moment

 

It may not be a big deal to some, but it is to me and a lot of other fans it seems.

My bad, I thought he meant offer an explanation and apology to the fans lol

Just want to reiterate that I don’t like it, but I’m sure if you asked Alger whether he wanted to play another week in the VFL or debut as the sub in the AFL, he would pick the latter.

What if he was offered:
A VFL game followed by a debut in the starting 18 the following week

Vs

Debut as sub, come on in the 3rd quarter when we being stuffing mauled by a top 6 worthy side and all your team mates have thrown in the towel so you can go out there and get whipped with them for 45m.

He might actually pick the first option tbh.

[Tiger Khosh]

What if he stunk it up in said vfl game blowing his chances of debuting the week after.

Anyway won’t keeping going back and forth on this especially when I agree with the consensus opinion lol

[JP Tiger]

This is the AFL we are talking about!  The absolute top of the football world!  The Olympic games of the football world!  The one and only AFL competition in the entire world!  The very reason why kids dedicate years of their lives to get a chance to play ... 

If I was Yze and I had offered a kid a game but he knocked it back because of the sub vest I would FIRE HIM ON THE SPOT!  Then I'd boot his butt all the way up & then all the way back down Punt Road ...   

Maybe the kid could try some other AFL competition instead of this one ... oh no ... wait ....   

[Assange Tiger 😎]

.. wut

[Damo]

.. wut

JP was on the shandy’s last night

 
 

[one-eyed]

Alger was a rare positive on a dark day.

11 disposals (7k, 4h, 5c, 6u, 72.7% eff.)
4 marks
2 tackles
3 inside 50s
168m gained
1 intercept
4 score involvements
1 goal assist
2 goals
81% gametime

[WilliamPowell]

First half he looked lost at times but as the game went on he found his feet and looked ok

Needs to make sure that when it's his time to attack a contest he does.

[Damo]

Plays taller than his size

[Hard Roar Tiger]

Has already gone past Steely and Mansell who was pathetic as a pretend enforcer

[Diocletian]

Sent back on with a crook ankle - nek minit out for 4 weeks - another masterstroke of injury management. #sorcery. 

[WilliamPowell]

Sent back on with a crook ankle - nek minit out for 4 weeks - another masterstroke of injury management. #sorcery. 

Please if you are going to go whack at least whack the right people.

The fitness and conditioning team would have zero input on whether he went back on. The medical team made that call 

[Francois Jackson]

Sent back on with a crook ankle - nek minit out for 4 weeks - another masterstroke of injury management. #sorcery. 

Please if you are going to go whack at least whack the right people.

The fitness and conditioning team would have zero input on whether he went back on. The medical team made that call 

On advice given by serpell I'm sure.

The defense of this guy is just weird. I recall the same for the previous idiot until he could not be defended any longer.

If Yze values his job he should sack this guy if  this rubbish continues and throw the kitchen sink at getting burgess back.

Serpell was searching for speed and they are his words. I suspect his program has failed as it did for the magic man.